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Is It Time to Rethink Pediatric ADHD?

2025/6/27
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Nina Kim:目前美国儿童多动症的诊断率达到了历史新高,但我们对这种疾病的理解可能并没有像我们认为的那么深入。我们需要重新审视多动症的诊断和治疗方法,因为新的研究正在挑战我们之前的假设。 Paul Tough: 我作为两个男孩的父亲,亲身感受到多动症问题在家庭中的普遍性。许多家庭都在努力寻找孩子注意力问题的解决方案,这表明多动症已经成为一个日益严重的社会现象。 科学家们开始质疑我们对多动症的传统认知,认为临床实践与科研发现之间存在脱节。他们对药物治疗的效果、诊断的主观性以及多动症的生物学基础提出了质疑。 我认为,我们应该拥抱多动症的复杂性,而不是将其视为一种黑白分明的医学疾病。我们需要根据每个孩子的具体情况,制定个性化的治疗方案,并关注环境因素的影响。同时,家长也应该被允许参与到治疗方案的决策中来。 重要的是,我们要将多动症视为孩子在特定时期的一种经历,而不是定义他们一生的身份。这样,我们才能更好地帮助孩子应对挑战,并让他们拥有更美好的未来。

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The number of children diagnosed with ADHD in the US has reached a record high of 7 million. This episode explores the concerns of researchers regarding the disconnect between the science of ADHD and standard treatments like Ritalin and Adderall. The discussion will cover the common symptoms, standard treatments, and the latest research challenging previous assumptions about the disorder.
  • 7 million U.S. children have received an ADHD diagnosis.
  • Standard treatments like Ritalin only help children behave better, not learn better.
  • The effectiveness of medication wears off over time.

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A record high 7 million U.S. children have received an ADHD diagnosis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But journalist Paul Tough wonders if we’re thinking about pediatric ADHD all wrong. For a recent New York Times Magazine feature, Tough spent a year talking to leading researchers who now say that standard treatments like Ritalin only help children behave better, not learn better – and even that effect wears off completely over time. We talk to Tough about why he says we need to reconceptualize diagnosis and treatment of ADHD.

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**Paul Tough, **contributing writer, New York Times Magazine

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